diff --git a/nix/wlroots.nix b/nix/wlroots.nix
index bd3af688f38..b0dccb00ec3 100644
--- a/nix/wlroots.nix
+++ b/nix/wlroots.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   version,
   src,
+  git,
   wlroots,
   enableXWayland ? true,
 }:
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@ wlroots.overrideAttrs (old: {
   pname = "${old.pname}-hyprland";
 
   patches = [ ]; # don't inherit old.patches
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = old.nativeBuildInputs ++ [ git ];
 })